Name: 30 Stars: Classic Rock by Various Artists
Brand: Various Artists
SKU: 886444469203
Price: 9.9 USD
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COMPILATION

Volume 1

Volume 2

The U.K. version of Sony's 30 Stars of Classic Rock begins appropriately with one of the genre's most recognizable radio hits, Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell." What follows is a well-paced, Lynyrd Skynyrd-free, classic rock radio-honed set of mostly hard rock hits from the '70s and early '80s with highlights arriving via Argent ("God Gave Rock and Roll to You"), Judas Priest ("Breaking the Law"), the Guess Who ("American Woman"), Patti Smith ("Because the Night"), and Ted Nugent ("Cat Scratch Fever").

Volume 1

1. Bat Out of Hell

by Meat Loaf

Primary Artist: Meat Loaf; Main Performer
Composer: Jim Steinman; Composer
Lyricist: Jim Steinman; Composer
Composer: Jim Steinman; Composer
Producer: Todd Rundgren; Production
Artist: Meat Loaf; Production
Author: Jim Steinman; Production

2. More Than a Feeling

by Boston, Brad Delp

Primary Artist: Boston; Main Performer
Composer: Tom Scholz; Composer
Lyricist: Tom Scholz; Composer
Composer: Tom Scholz; Composer
Producer: Tom Scholz
John Boylan; Production
Artist: Boston
Brad Delp; Production
Author: Tom Scholz; Production

3. (Don't Fear) The Reaper

by Blue Öyster Cult

Primary Artist: Blue Öyster Cult; Main Performer
Composer: Donald Roeser; Composer
Lyricist: Donald Roeser; Composer
Composer: Donald Roeser; Composer
Producer: Sandy Pearlman
Murray Krugman
David Lucas; Production
Artist: Blue Öyster Cult; Production
Author: Donald Roeser; Production

4. Poison

by Alice Cooper

Primary Artist: Alice Cooper; Main Performer
Composer: Alice Cooper
Desmond Child
John M. Mccurry; Composer
Lyricist: Alice Cooper
Desmond Child
John M. Mccurry; Composer
Composer: Alice Cooper
Desmond Child
John M. Mccurry; Composer
Artist: Alice Cooper; Production
Author: Alice Cooper
Desmond Child
John M. Mccurry; Production

5. The Final Countdown

by Europe

Primary Artist: Europe; Main Performer
Composer: Joey Tempest; Composer
Lyricist: Joey Tempest; Composer
Composer: Joey Tempest; Composer
Producer: Kevin Elson; Production
Artist: Europe; Production
Author: Joey Tempest; Production

6. Because the Night

by Patti Smith, Patti Smith Group

Primary Artist: Patti Smith Group
Patti Smith; Main Performer
Composer: Bruce Springsteen
Patti Smith; Composer
Lyricist: Bruce Springsteen
Patti Smith; Composer
Composer: Patti Smith
Bruce Springsteen; Composer
Producer: Jimmy Lovine; Production
Artist: Patti Smith Group; Production
Author: Patti Smith
Bruce Springsteen; Production

7. Carry On Wayward Son

by Kansas

Primary Artist: Kansas; Main Performer
Composer: Kerry Livgren; Composer
Lyricist: Kerry Livgren; Composer
Composer: Kerry Livgren; Composer
Producer: Jeff Glixman; Production
Artist: Kansas; Production
Author: Kerry Livgren; Production

8. All the Young Dudes

by Mott The Hoople, David Bowie

Primary Artist: Mott The Hoople; Main Performer
Composer: David Bowie; Composer
Lyricist: David Bowie; Composer
Composer: David Bowie; Composer
Producer: David Bowie; Production
Artist: Mott The Hoople
David Bowie; Production
Author: David Bowie; Production

9. God Gave Rock and Roll to You

by Argent

Primary Artist: Argent; Main Performer
Composer: Russ Ballard; Composer
Lyricist: Russ Ballard; Composer
Composer: Russ Ballard; Composer
Producer: Rod Argent
Chris White; Production
Artist: Argent; Production
Author: Russ Ballard; Production

10. Forever Autumn

by Justin Hayward

Primary Artist: Justin Hayward; Main Performer
Composer: G. Osborne
J. Wayne
P. Vigrass; Composer
Lyricist: G. Osborne
J. Wayne
P. Vigrass; Composer
Composer: J. Wayne
P. Vigrass
G. Osborne; Composer
Producer: Unknown; Production
Artist: Justin Hayward; Production
Author: J. Wayne
P. Vigrass
G. Osborne; Production

11. American Woman

by The Guess Who

Primary Artist: The Guess Who; Main Performer
Composer: Burton Cummings
Garry Peterson
M.j. Kale
Randall Charles Bachman; Composer
Lyricist: Burton Cummings
Garry Peterson
M.j. Kale
Randall Charles Bachman; Composer
Composer: Randall Charles Bachman
Burton Cummings
M.j. Kale
Garry Peterson; Composer
Producer: Nimbus 9
Jack Richardson
Chick Crumpacker; Production
Artist: The Guess Who; Production
Author: Randall Charles Bachman
Burton Cummings
M.j. Kale
Garry Peterson; Production

12. Cat Scratch Fever

by Ted Nugent

Primary Artist: Ted Nugent; Main Performer
Composer: Ted Nugent; Composer
Lyricist: Ted Nugent; Composer
Composer: Ted Nugent; Composer
Producer: Lew Futterman
Tom Werman
Cliff Davies; Production
Artist: Ted Nugent; Production
Author: Ted Nugent; Production

13. Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo

by Johnny Winter

Primary Artist: Johnny Winter; Main Performer
Composer: R. Derringer; Composer
Lyricist: R. Derringer; Composer
Composer: R. Derringer; Composer
Producer: Johnny Winter
Rick Derringer; Production
Artist: Johnny Winter; Production
Author: R. Derringer; Production

14. She's Not There

by Santana

Primary Artist: Santana; Main Performer
Composer: Rod Argent; Composer
Lyricist: Rod Argent; Composer
Composer: Rod Argent; Composer
Producer: C. Santana
T. Coster; Production
Artist: Santana; Production

15. Piece of My Heart

by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Primary Artist: Big Brother & The Holding Company; Main Performer
Composer: Bert Berns
Jerry Ragovoy; Composer
Lyricist: Bert Berns
Jerry Ragovoy; Composer
Composer: Bert Berns
Jerry Ragovoy; Composer
Producer: John Simon; Production
Artist: Big Brother & The Holding Company; Production
Author: Bert Berns
Jerry Ragovoy; Production

Volume 2

1. Eye of the Tiger

by Survivor

Primary Artist: Survivor; Main Performer
Composer: Frank Sullivan
Jim Peterik; Composer
Lyricist: Frank Sullivan
Jim Peterik; Composer
Composer: Jim Peterik
Frank Sullivan; Composer
Producer: Jim Peterik
Frank Sullivan; Production
Artist: Survivor; Production
Author: Jim Peterik
Frank Sullivan; Production

2. Hold the Line

by Toto

Primary Artist: Toto; Main Performer
Composer: David Paich; Composer
Lyricist: David Paich; Composer
Composer: David Paich; Composer
Producer: Toto; Production
Artist: Toto; Production
Author: David Paich; Production

3. Can't Fight This Feeling

by Reo Speedwagon

Primary Artist: Reo Speedwagon; Main Performer
Composer: Kevin Cronin; Composer
Lyricist: Kevin Cronin; Composer
Composer: Kevin Cronin; Composer
Producer: Kevin Cronin
Gary Richrath
Alan Gratzer
David De Vore; Production
Artist: Reo Speedwagon; Production
Author: Kevin Cronin; Production

4. You're the Voice

by John Farnham

Primary Artist: John Farnham; Main Performer
Composer: Andy Qunta
Christopher Thompson
Keith Reid
Maggie Ryder; Composer
Lyricist: Andy Qunta
Christopher Thompson
Keith Reid
Maggie Ryder; Composer
Composer: Keith Reid
Andy Qunta
Maggie Ryder
Christopher Thompson; Composer
Producer: Ross Fraser; Production
Artist: John Farnham; Production
Author: Keith Reid
Andy Qunta
Maggie Ryder
Christopher Thompson; Production

5. The Way It Is

by Bruce Hornsby, The Range, Bruce Hornsby & The Range

Primary Artist: Bruce Hornsby
The Range; Main Performer
Composer: Bruce Hornsby; Composer
Lyricist: Bruce Hornsby; Composer
Composer: Bruce Hornsby; Composer
Producer: Bruce Hornsby
Elliot Scheiner; Production
Artist: Bruce Hornsby
The Range
Bruce Hornsby & The Range; Production
Author: Bruce Hornsby; Production

6. Total Eclipse of the Heart

by Bonnie Tyler

Primary Artist: Bonnie Tyler; Main Performer
Composer: Jim Steinman; Composer
Lyricist: Jim Steinman; Composer
Composer: Jim Steinman; Composer
Producer: Jim Steinman; Production
Artist: Bonnie Tyler; Production
Author: Jim Steinman; Production

7. Danger Zone

by Kenny Loggins

Primary Artist: Kenny Loggins; Main Performer
Composer: Giorgio Moroder
Thomas Whitlock; Composer
Lyricist: Giorgio Moroder
Thomas Whitlock; Composer
Composer: Giorgio Moroder
Thomas Whitlock; Composer
Producer: Giorgio Moroder; Production
Artist: Kenny Loggins; Production
Author: Giorgio Moroder
Thomas Whitlock; Production

8. The House Is Rockin'

by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

Primary Artist: Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Stevie Ray Vaughan; Main Performer
Composer: Doyle Bramhall
Stevie Ray Vaughan; Composer
Lyricist: Doyle Bramhall
Stevie Ray Vaughan; Composer
Composer: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Doyle Bramhall; Composer
Producer: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jim Gaines; Production
Artist: Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble; Production
Author: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Doyle Bramhall; Production